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Here’s a sample blog post focused on understanding and using .shtml links for server-side includes (SSI) in a web development context.


Title: Behind the Scenes: What’s a .shtml Link and Why Does It Matter?

Published: April 19, 2026

If you’ve been poking around in website files or legacy codebases, you might have stumbled across a file with a .shtml extension—and a link pointing to it. At first glance, it looks like a regular .html page. But that extra “s” changes the game.

In this post, we’ll look at what a .shtml link is, how it works, and when you might still want to use one today.

Absolute Link

<a href="https://www.yourdomain.com/section/default.shtml">Home</a>

Considerations

How to Create a Link to an .shtml File

Creating a hyperlink to an SHTML file is identical to linking to any other web resource. Use the standard <a> (anchor) tag.